A man who arrived in Ireland on a Belgian travel document yesterday admitted gardaí were correct on information from Interpol that he was someone else.

Free meals — vegetarian curry — will be provided at Grand Parade, Cork, from 1pm tomorrow, as part of the Feed the City initiative.

A taxi driver lost his public service vehicle licence yesterday after he got into an altercation with gardaí on a night off and had to be pepper-sprayed.

A bouncer at Hillbilly’s in Cork City centre, who claimed he had to put up with a lot of blackguarding, punched a man twice in the face leaving him bleeding from the nose and ear.

Doctors need to get 600 points in their Leaving Certificate so they can write letters about patients that say nothing and mean nothing, a circuit court judge has said.

The word “slap” triggered a chain of events that saw a woman slapping a garda across the face because she mistakenly thought that the guard had referred to her as a slapper.

THE brother of a garda who received a suspended jail sentence for assaulting a man in Cork city following a jibe about a “gay shirt” has been fined €500 for the much smaller role that he played in the incident.

THE proprietor of the Organic Shop in the English Market in Cork accused the Department of Agriculture and Food of having sinister motives for the way in which it prosecuted him.

Plans have been lodged today for a massive €150m development of the former Capitol Cinema on Grand Parade, Cork.

SWISSAIR is offering special fares from Dublin to a range of long-haul destinations (via Zurich). Bookings must be made before October 31, for travel to be completed by January 31.

* Deasy’s Harbour Bar and Seafood Restaurant, Ring Road, Ring, Clonakilty, Co Cork — their delicious seafood is well worth a detour. Tel 023-35741 for reservations.

A man was stopped driving through Cork city centre with €1.4m worth of cocaine professionally concealed inside panels of the car, it was claimed today as a man was arrested, charged and brought to court.

GALWAY’S Westside Library has been chosen by the Irish Financial Services Regulatory Authority (IFSRA) as one of the first locations for its regional visits.

A MAN pleaded guilty yesterday to a charge of assault causing serious harm to young Limerick man Denis Franklin, who has been left in what was described a permanent vegetative state.